The Ban on Saggy Jeans

Although I don't generally dress in the urban hiphop style, I understand that its a fasion that has been a part of our culture for the past 10-20 years. It has been stated in the article that I recently read concerning a ban on saggy jeans, that the style was derived from prison inmates. If we care so much about origins then maybe this might change perception on your part.

From recent knowledge I understand that the leather and spikes look for rockers which has been associated with their manlihood and hard core-bad reputation has originated from a homosexual band member of Judas Priest. Will those who currently have knowledge of this change the fact that they wear spikes or leather jackets? No, very few if any will change the way they dress just because of the origins in which their particular style has been adopted. I understand how indecent it is in the case that someone's butt is actually showing because of sagging, those are not the ones in which I am defending.

I do believe that banning saggy pants is a type of racial profiling and stereotypes. If banning saggy pants becomes a national enforced law, then that is taking away our personal freedoms. What will be next? A ban on visible piercings and tattoos? If we're attacking styles then I'll name off a few that I personally think should be on the waiting list for banning; super skin tight jeans(male/female), super low rise jeans (can they get any lower? talk about showing your underwear and butt in public!), and crocks (just because I think that they're ugly).

I also think that this ban is ridiculous because there are more serious things to worry about than how a person dresses. Did Councilwoman Annette Lartigue one day walk down the street in Louisiana and see someone who was sagging and say, "I see sagging in the streets, and I've determined that if I helped stop the spread of this trend it will help get kids off the streets, and stop children from going to bed hungry, it may also stop the spread of drugs among minorities? No. So what is the point of it? How is this such a huge deal when there are children being abused and going to bed without food? How is this going to change anything except the surface of what everyone sees? Is it that important to change how a person dresses to pass all these laws to change it when you can pass a law that actually means something?